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Charles F. Blair, Jr. (July 19, 1909 – September 2, 1978) was a United States Air Force Brigadier General, United States Navy aviator Captain, a test pilot, an airline pilot, and airline owner. He died in a Grumman Goose seaplane crash in the Caribbean. Charles Blair learned to fly in San Diego and made his first solo at the age of 19. In 1931, he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in ...
29 de may. de 2023 · Captain Charles F. Blair, Jr., checks his astrocompass shortly before beginning his transpolar flight, 29 May 1951. ( National Air and Space Museum, Smithsonian Institution) Captain Blair navigated by using a system of pre-plotted sun lines calculated by Captain Phillip Van Horns Weems, U.S. Navy (Ret.), as a magnetic compass was useless near the Pole and there were no radio navigation aids ...
2 de sept. de 2017 · Added: Jul 22, 1999. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 5928. Source citation. United States Army Officer, Author. He served first in the the United States Army Air Corps, then the United States Air Force, rising to the rank of Brigadier General. His long career in military and commerical aviation was highlighted by his making the first solo crossing of ...
19 de jul. de 2016 · Charles F. Blair, Jr. poses in the cockpit of his North American P-51C Mustang "Excalibur III." Blair was a pilot for commercial airlines including United Airlines, Pan American Airlines, and American Export Airlines (which later became American Overseas Airlines).
7 de sept. de 1978 · September 6, 1978 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. Charles Blair, 69, an aviator who set a transatlantic speed record for piston-engine airplanes in 1951, died Saturday when his plane, a Grumman Goose, capsized ...
Brig. Gen Charles Francis Blair Jr. (19 Jul 1909 - certain 2 Sep 1978)
Charles F. Blair, Jr. (July 19, 1909 – September 2, 1978) was a United States Air Force Brigadier General, United States Navy aviator Captain, a test pilot, an airline pilot, and airline owner. He died in a Grumman Goose seaplane crash in the Caribbean.
